Ochadomachi

Ochadomachi (Japanese: オーチャード町, "Orchard town") is a village in the Nagano Prefecture region of central Japan. The town was established in 1864 by migrating vilagers from the developing cities of central Japan's Matsushiro Domain, and it grew into a small commune of farmers and lumberjacks. The town became home to a Sonnō jōi chapter during the 1860s, and the Sonnō jōi burned down a nearby British settlement in a xenophobic attack in 1864. In the following decades, Ochadomachi would experience some slight growth, and it remained a mostly peaceful village, although its inhabitants were mostly nationalists. In 1941, the town had a population of 3,342 people, with 85% of them supporting the Imperial Rule Assistance Association fascist party.